Artificial-stone tank.



' N0. 695,687. Patented Mar. l8, I902.

C. l. HUXLEY.

ARTIFICIAL STONE TANK.

(Applicafion filed May 27, 1901.

(No Model.)

UNITE STATES PATENT O FI CHARLES IRWIN HUXLEY, OF ATHENS, MICHIGAN.

ARTlFiCIAL-ST ON E TAN K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,687, dated March18, 1902.

Application filed May 27, 1901.

thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to stockwatering tanks, and has for its objectthe construction of a concrete or artificial-stone tank whereby greatdurability, cleanliness, symmetry of design,and freedom from breakageshall be paramount features. These features will be fully set forth anddescribed in the following specification and the drawings accompanyingthe same, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tankwith-a portion of the front side cut away to show the construction ofthe metallic trusses I employ for preventing the surrounding stoneformation from breakage. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of myimproved tankwith a turnbuckle connecting the side walls thereof.

The construction of my improved tank is as follows, to wit: v

Ground having been selected where it is desirous of constructing awatering-tank, an excavation or foundation is made conforming to theoutward contour of the tank to be constructed. Within the excavat-ion orupon the foundation thus formed grout, consisting of Portland cement andgrit of suitable properties to form artificial stone, is placed andtheroughly tamped. Inclosing the foundation B thus formed a suitableform is placed and of a height equaling the vertical pitch it is desiredto construct a tank. Within the aforesaid form a secondary or inner formis situated, equally distanced from'the outer form, so as to leave anopen space entirely encompassed between the two forms, with theexception that at the bottom the inner form rests upon the foundation Bpreviously formed.

Serial No. 62,162. (No model.)

' Within the mold thus constructed between the aforesaid forms acontinuation of the ocment or grout compost is placed and tamped downuntil a depth has been formed of the mixture within the mold a fewinches from the bottom thereof, when a band a, consisting of woven ortwisted wires forming a cable, is

placed. More of the cement mixture is supplied, a second band I) placedtherein, more cement, as aforesaid, is supplied, and a third band 0placed therein, and the mold thence filled to the top.

The hands a, b, and c are identical in construction and are so placed asto be about equidistanced or distributed between the bottom and top ofthe tank A and centrally located within its walls. I find that threebands are sufficient for common stock-tanks, their object being to givestability to the walls thereof and prevent the same from bulging in caseof freezing or from breakage in case of contact with foreign bodies.

- In Fig. 2 I represent a series of eyelets e e, i

which I locate upon the top band 0 at points thesame is in the course ofconstruction. Connecting theaforesaid eyelets a turnbuckle d issuspended. In extreme cases a turn- .buckle tends to prevent the tankfrom spreading in case of severe freezing. However, by

the provision of the tapering inner walls and the concavity I prefer togive the bottom of the tank little danger need be apprehended of thetank breaking, owing to the tendency of the flaring walls thereofthrowing accumulated ice upward.

It is apparent that in carrying out my invention the details ofconstruction shown and described may be varied. Thus I might employ aseries of twisted or plain iron bands in.

place of the twisted-wire cables at, b, and c. I likewise might employ acoil of either plain or twisted wire or iron bar to be molded-within thewalls of said tank and to encircle the same from bottom to top in theplace of the cables at, b, and c. a

I do not limit myself to the rectangular construction as shown, andIhold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairlyfall within the intent and spirit of my invention.

centrally between the ends of the tank when I 6, e, located upon the topband 0, midway beclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters tween theends of said tank and a turnbuckle in Patent, iscl connecting saideyelets, substantially as set In a water-tank the combination with anforth and described. 5 artificial-stone foundation and side wallsCHARLES IRXVIN IIUXLEY.

thereof, a series of metallic bands interposed Witnesses:

Having described my invention, what I within said walls and distributedequidistant GRANT STEELE, from the top and bottom thereof, of eyeletsMrs. GRANT STEELE.

